T/C Thompson Center Folded and Stopped Production
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ohen cepel
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I think it was S&W who owned them. Was also told that they were shut down though, and that the were looking for a buyer.
S&W never knew how to manage and market TC. 
So many great products from T/C. I hope they're able to bring back some of their past offerings.
SavageShooter
Active Member
T/C was real back in the day when they were owned by themselves. I have a .50 Hawken Kit percussion that I put together myself, a .50 L/H Renegade percussion, a .50 Omega and a .50 Triumph they are all bad ass! All have taken deer. Did what they were designed to do as long as I did my part. They aren't going anywhere until I leave this earth. If someone else takes T/C over not sure how the quality will be. I think they were still alright when S&W owned them. Put it this way both my Omega and Triumph have been very good.
I've got my first TC coming... 80s version with .45 Colt,. 44 mag, and .45 win mag barrels. Figure that I may do my first pistol deer hunt this year.
Squaregrouper
Kragaphile
Their recent offering of the TC Compass was the best rifle deal ever- IMHO.
El Cheapo (TC Compass in 6.5 Manbun) came with a Vortex Crossfire II in 3-9x40 and after rebate went for ~$275 + FFL transfer. One of the most accurate rifles I have ever fired.
I swear they would have sold a lot more if they upped the price to $600. Too many people saw the price tag and assumed they were junk.
El Cheapo (TC Compass in 6.5 Manbun) came with a Vortex Crossfire II in 3-9x40 and after rebate went for ~$275 + FFL transfer. One of the most accurate rifles I have ever fired.
I swear they would have sold a lot more if they upped the price to $600. Too many people saw the price tag and assumed they were junk.
Agreed - got one in 308 and very happy with it. The Oryx chassis made it even better.
Rockzilla
Ultimate Member
Nice...The Contender one frame several cartridges. The 45 Win Mag is a
fun one to reload for got some loaded with the Speer " flying ashtrays"
45 Colt is nice and the 44 mag on top of that. Barrels won't even go there,
the Herretts, JDJ rounds, 357-44 B&D, 9mm Win Mag, K-Hornet, 218 Bee,
256 Win Mag plus others old octagon barrels, external chokes, 45/410.
Hunt with the 357 Herrett, 375 JDJ. Anyway you will be having some fun,
reload for them to bring it all out.
-Rock
pre64hunter
Active Member
Where did you here this?
ezracer
Certified Gun Nut
I was at a T/C dealer and was asking about a KATAHDIN CARBINE. He informed me that T/C has folded and all production has stopped. Also, he stated Remington Arms will be purchasing T/C.
DutchV
Ultimate Member
- Jul 8, 2012
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That sucks. The T/CR22 was excellent. I hope they bring it back.
S&W actually recently purchased them, and subsequently shut them down.
https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?256878&p=6312496#post6312496
Well the dealer got it half right thanks for the up date.
Remington is incorrect. I’m a manufacturer for T/C, haven’t gotten any word that they’ve stopped all production yet. S&W owns T/C.
Edit:: To add to this, we manufacture the T/C MaxiBalls (.50Cal Muzzleloader bullets) and again have no indication that this is true. I can’t imagine them just stopping hundreds of thousands of dollars of business a year without sending us notification.
Edit x2: Apparently they have sold it. I have yet to see anything legitimate stating Remington bought it, and I have yet to hear from AOB about them selling and what is to happen.
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Not to mention. S&W has owned them for years. The only real change recently was the switch from Battenfeld to American Outdoor Brands as distributors.
Doco Overboard
Ultimate Member
The early T/c products primarily the muzzleloader products were high quality barr none.
I would imagine for those that were into or who current owners of the pistols, contender and such would contest to the same.
What was it, maybe in the mid to late 90’s or so ownership changed and initial quality began to suffer as marketing advertisement increased.
Even though they had some decent relatively innovative offerings quality seemed to begin to fade.
Like Ruger , lost wax casting to minimize machining was one of their manufacturing hallmarks.
I would imagine for those that were into or who current owners of the pistols, contender and such would contest to the same.
What was it, maybe in the mid to late 90’s or so ownership changed and initial quality began to suffer as marketing advertisement increased.
Even though they had some decent relatively innovative offerings quality seemed to begin to fade.
Like Ruger , lost wax casting to minimize machining was one of their manufacturing hallmarks.
Contenders were also high quality when TC was its own company.
I have an Ikon in 243 Win that is sub MOA.
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